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Week ending 2 August 2025 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Cuts feared to Gender, Equity and Rights Dept in WHO Academics and activists around the world have joined in a letter writing campaign to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…

Week ending 25 July 2025 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Nightmare in Gaza continues… The unending humanitarian crisis in Gaza has lead UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk to describe the misery perpetuated by Israeli displacement orders…

Week ending 19 July 2025 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now US Senate passes $8 billion in foreign aid cuts… The US Senate passed a bill that will cancel about $8 billion that had been promised for foreign assistance programs. The bill…

Week ending 12 July 2025 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now UN liquidity crisis hits human rights activities In response to High Commissioner Volker Türk’s announcement that the international aid funding crisis has placed the UN in a…

Week ending 5 July 2025 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Financing for development outcomes include health… UNAIDS Director Winnie Byanyima has called the Seville Platform for Action a ‘remarkable leap forward’. This outcome document of…

Week ending 28 June 2025 UN Expert calls health care workers defenders of the right to health… In her fifth report to the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng focuses on health workers as the protectors of the right to health.…

Week ending 21 June 2025 Civilian deaths in conflict surged in 2024 Civilian deaths in conflict surged by 40% last year, according to new data released by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) with already marginalised groups facing…

Week ending 14 June 2025 Scientists sign up to Bethesda Declaration A letter to US NIH director Jay Bhattacharya signed by hundreds of NIH staffers has been supported by more than 22,000 other scientists, including multiple Nobel Laureates,…

Week ending 31 May 2025 Financial commitments and new campaigns at WHA At this year’s World Health Assembly member states not only committed to the landmark Pandemic Agreement but also approved significant increases in assessed contributions to…

Week ending 17 May 2025 WHO agrees famine in Gaza is imminent  Israel’s aid blockade to Gaza has now persisted for 80 days, leaving the Gaza Strip without food, fuel, medical supplies, and other goods indispensable for human survival. The…